Improvement in combined muffs and porte-monnaies



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HENRY MANNEOK AND CHARLES STROHMENGER, 0F NEW YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 109,435, dated November 22, 1870; antedated November5, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT IN CMBlNED MUFFS AND PORTE-MONNAIES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, Hunan' Malvxnci'i and'CHARLES S'rnoinirnscrin, both ofthe city,connty,

1t consists in the construction and arrangement of4 parts as hereinafterdescribed.

The portcmonnaie being secured within a receptacle in the exterior ofthe muti', and rendered accessible or capable of being opened, whenrcvquired, for the abstraction ot' money, and also capable of heiligvery readily detached and removed from the mutt, when the latter is notrequired for use, so that the porte-monnaie may be carried in the handor pocket, as it now ordinarily` is by iadies.

The invention also embodies an improved device for releasing the catchot' .the' porte-monnaie from the de of the niui, said device forming atthe same time the fastening of the covering-flap, as hereinafter morefully described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a muli",made according t0 our invent-ion, the iiap heilig opened to show thereceptacle, in which the porte-momiaie is placed. A

Figure 2 is' a detached view, showing the portemonnaie in thercceptaclci in the metallic frame, and the devices for releasing thecatch ot' the flap, and also the fastening of the porte-monnaie.

Figure 3 is transverse section of the muti'. and receptacle, ,the iiapand portc-monnaio being both open.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view, showing the fastening of theporte-monnaie.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures. A, figs. 1 and 2, represents a muti", which may be of ordinaryconstruction, and has an opening made in its exterior, (the fur portiom)so as to form a flap, 1%,which-.1nay be opened and closed likea hingeddoor.

This flap may be strengthened or rendered suliciently stift' by asheet-metal back.

The tlap is secured, in a closed state, by a catch, o, which projectsdownward iiom its `inner surface near its outer edge, (see figs. 1 and3.)

C is a frame, which mag,r be constructed of slicetw metal, swagcd inangle form, as shown bya transverse section ot' it in tig. 3, and ot"such dimensions as to receive the porte-monnaie D, and form a bed orbearing for the same, the porte-monnaie resting upon a ange, l1, of theframe, as .shown in iig. 3.

The porte-monnaie isretaincd in place within the frame U by means of twopins, c o, which project from said fra1ne,and pass into Aholes in thcframe E of the porte-monnaie, as shown in iig. 2.-

Thc catch a of the fiapmvhen the latter is closed, passes down through aslot, d, in the frame C, and engages with a button, c, having a spring,f, acting upon it to keepit engaged with the cat-ch, (see figs. i andThe button c is at the' outer end. of arod, g, which extends through themutt, as shown in fig. 3, and has a small thumb-wheel or button, 71, at

its inner end, for the convenience of turning the' button from the innerside of the inuit by the hand of the lady nsingthe saine, therebyliberating the catch n., when itis desired to raise the liap B.

The direction of the increment ot' the button c, to liberate the flap,is shown by the arrow in iig. 2.

'lhc fastening for the porte-momiaie frame E, constructed in muchtheordinary way.

A catch, i, (see ligs. 2 and 4,) is attached lo a spring.r j, secured tothe inner side of one of the parts k of the frame E, the catch Apassingthrough a slot, l, in the outer part m ot' thc frame, and kept engagedwith one edge of said slot by the spring j, thc latter having a rod, n,attached, which passes up through the part 7.', and has a plato, o, onits outer end, which plat-c i'sv flush with -the outer surface of frameE, to admit of the-'latter iiting snugly within frame C.

The 'plate o has such a position, relatively, with the button c, that,when the latter is turned so as to strike the catch a and liberate theilap B, it will, on being turned a little liirther in the direction ofthe arrow, strike thc plate 0, and admit of' the porteinounaie beingopened.

Thus, by turning the thumb-wheel 7:,both the flap and porte-monnaie maybe opened.

Having thus described our invention,v

What wc claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, ism

1. A mutt1 provided with a frame, (l, covered .by a hinged flap l5, saidframe being provided with devices to secure a porte-monnaie within it,in suoli a manner that the latter may he detached` when desired, asherein set forth.

2. The arm o on the rod y le, forming the locking device' for lthe iiapB, and adapted to re.- lease the catch ot' the porte-monnaie, as hereindcscribcd.

The above specitication ot our invention signed by us this 30th day ofMarch, 1870'.

HENRY MANNEGK. C. L. STROHMENGER.

Witnesses A. lft. HMGHT, V. H. HALLooit.

